I read a lot of books last year (52, to be exact, which is the whole point), but three of the best ones, or at least three of the ones I enjoyed the most, were the William Shakespeare's Star Wars series. Basically, Ian Doescher took the original Star Wars trilogy and re-wrote them as Shakespeare plays, iambic pentameter and all. It's a very impressive feat, and the best part is it combines the two perfectly.
The books are highly entertaining for a Star Wars and literature nerd like me, and I Read more [...] Sitzbook Review: “William Shakespeare’s Star Wars” by Ian Doescher
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I read a lot of books last year (52, to be exact, which is the whole point), but three of the best ones, or at least three of the ones I enjoyed the most, were the William Shakespeare's Star Wars series. Basically, Ian Doescher took the original Star Wars trilogy and re-wrote them as Shakespeare plays, iambic pentameter and all. It's a very impressive feat, and the best part is it combines the two perfectly.
The books are highly entertaining for a Star Wars and literature nerd like me, and I Read more [...] 
Today we're back with another fast quote/review of a book, and this time it's from Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?" by Mindy Kaling. On the whole, I enjoyed the book, but it didn't necessarily light a fire under my butt. It was enjoyable and had some good stories, though.
I particularly liked this quote in which she talks about the lessons that her parents taught her:
"Lessons? When I was a kid, my parents smartly raised us to keep quiet, be respectful to older people, and generally not 
Here's another entry in my mini-reviews section from last year's Sitzbook project. This one is going to be a bit longer, though, since I've got more to say about it. Today's book is A Piece of Danish Happiness by Sharmi Albrechtsen.
As a critic, one of my greatest weaknesses is surely that I'm not terribly critical. I often like most of what I read, watch, and listen to, or if I don't, I quickly move on and don't dwell on it. I also feel bad criticizing other people's work, especially writers, 
Hi again! Like I mentioned yesterday, I've got a few really short book review posts lined up. This one just has two quotes I really liked from a book called Stasiland, by Anna Funder.
If you're not familiar with the Stasi, then you're probably better off. They were the secret police in East Germany, and this book details interviews and experiences from people who worked for, fought against, and lived among the Stasi. It was a really interesting book, but it's also not terribly lighthearted.
Anyhow, 
Hi everyone! In the next few days I'll post a few really short quotes and reviews of books from last year's Sitzbook book-a-week project. I originally started about a half-dozen posts with a few notes from some of the books I was reading, but I ran out of time and never actually wrote the full posts. So these will be like lightning reviews.
First up is A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. I liked the book, much as I liked The Kite Runner a few years ago, also by Hosseini. The story 
I guess I spoke too soon. Just hours after I said yesterday that only one of my articles had been published on FluentU, I got a notification that they'd published another. It's about books that have been made into movies, and how to use them in classes. It's aimed at English teachers, but even non-teachers may find it interesting. At the very least, you can critique my choices--which movies did I forget?
Thanks for reading!
Wow, I can't believe I've not written anything on this blog in over 9 months! Oh well, it's been a busy 9 months.
I know the last post was about some new writing, and this one is, also. I've been writing a lot lately, just not here. I've recently started writing articles for a site called FluentU, which is a language-learning platform. They have software to learn different languages, along with some blogs to help support students' learning. I've been writing for the English learner, the English